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Who is: hungry, thirsty, naked, sick, in jail or an immigrant? I was reading in Matthew 25 this morning about Jesus’ parable distinguishing between sheep & goat behavior. In this parable, the sheep are the people who see others around them who have various needs like clothing, food, shelter, belonging, care, attention and connection. In contrast, the goats in Jesus’ parable had no time, attention or capacity for needy people.

And this parable never fails to arrest my attention, forcing me to inventory my intentions and actions for sheep and goat behvaiors. I want to say with a genuine heart that I love Jesus, giving Him my worship & affection. But the reality is that however I treat the needy people in my life (those who are hungry, naked, thirsty, sick, living in bondage, or disenfranchised), is how I treat Jesus since He said in Matthew 25;45, “Whatever you do for the least of these [the needy folk] is what you do for Me.”